“China is angry. If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy,” a Chinese Embassy official told Australian reporter Jonathan Kearsley at a meeting in late 2020. Kearsley wrote that [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #54: Telling Asian and Asian-American stories through video journalism, with Dolly Li
Dolly Li is an award-winning independent video journalist, filmmaker, and correspondent. She is the former host of an award-winning AJ+ (Al Jazeera) show, Untold America, as well as a co-founder of [ … ]
Young China Watchers event: A Discussion of LGBTQ+ Progress and Activism in China
Young China Watchers London: A Discussion of LGBTQ+ Progress and Activism in China With Ivy Wong (DNI Consulting), Jessie Lau (NüVoices) and AJ Song (PartyFit, Beijing) Saturday, April 17, 2021 [ … ]
Amy Sommers on her debut historical novel, Rumors from Shanghai
BY AMY SOMMERS Rumors from Shanghai tells the story of an American lawyer who goes to Shanghai in late 1940 because as a Black man, he cannot find work in his [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #53: Reporting on gender, tech and power with Shen Lu
Shen Lu is a reporter with Protocol | China and a cofounder of Chinese Storytellers. In this conversation, she talks to Cindy Gao about the misogyny and barriers Chinese women [ … ]
In China, pole dancing evolved from a male art practice in the Song Dynasty to an inclusive sport promoting body positivity
BY ROCHELLE BEIESDORFER When you think of pole dance, what springs to mind? For many, probably scenes of dimly lit clubs and strip teases. But in fitness centers and dance [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #52: Talking fiction writing and modern China, with Te-Ping Chen
Throughout the 10 stories in Land of Big Numbers, Te-Ping Chen — a founding member of NüVoices — sketches the interior lives of her protagonists, who live in (or are connected to) China: a [ … ]
Resources to fight anti-East and Southeast Asian racism
At NüVoices, we are an international collective of creators and researchers devoted to celebrating the diverse work of women and non-binary voices on greater China (broadly defined). We’re horrified and [ … ]
Translation: Poems by Chinese feminist and revolutionary writer Qiu Jin
BY YILIN WANG While Qiu Jin is widely known as a Chinese revolutionary and her writing is often taught through that context, many existing translations of her poetry are either quite dated or [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #51: Making journalism more inclusive, with Jin Ding
Jin Ding is the vice president of finance at the Asian American Journalists Association and the cofounder of Chinese Storytellers. She also oversees grants, awards, and emergency response programs at [ … ]
Review: Te-Ping Chen’s “Land of Big Numbers” sketches the diversity of modern China
BY MEGAN CATTEL *Note: Spoilers ahead * The title of Te-Ping Chen’s debut short story collection Land of Big Numbers conjures up familiar tropes about China, the world’s most populous nation—often [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #50: Directing “Finding Yingying”, with Jenny Shi
Jiāyán “Jenny” Shī (施佳妍) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and video journalist based in Chicago. Her first feature-length documentary, Finding Yingying, was the winner of the 2020 SXSW Special Jury Recognition for [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #49: Walking through development mandalas in the eastern Tibetan Plateau, with Pamela Logan
Dr. Pamela Logan’s latest book, Compassion Mandala: The Odyssey of an American Charity in Contemporary Tibet, chronicles her experience founding and running Kham Aid Foundation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau from [ … ]
Opinion: As a female artist, I kept shortchanging myself. Now, I try to know my value
BY JANE PENG The first hint that there was a problem occurred innocently. I had just switched from a corporate career to a creative one, and I embraced every moment [ … ]
Virtual events for Te-Ping Chen’s story collection, Land of Big Numbers
Here at NüVoices, we couldn’t be more proud or more excited that our community member Te-Ping Chen’s debut short story collection is launching on February 2nd! Read on for the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #48: U.S.-Taiwan relations: From Trump to Biden
On January 9, former secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would eliminate self-imposed restrictions on exchanges between American and Taiwanese officials. Reactions have been mixed, with [ … ]
Anthropologist: Taiwanese identity is a ‘paradox’ of conflicting beliefs – but social bonds create unity
BY ASHLEY DENG-YU CHEN In Taiwan, national and cultural identities are often in conflict. Taiwan is a rare example of a thriving Asian democracy. The re-election in January 2020 of [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #47: Women in fintech, with Rita Liu
Rita Liu is a seasoned fintech executive who started her career at American Express, then spent nearly a decade at Alipay building its international business. During her time there, she [ … ]
An unexpected outlet: The Chinese theatre troupe creating safe spaces for marginalized voices
BY ANDRÉ-ANNE CÔTÉ After my graduation at Peking University in May 2019, a Chinese friend invited me to a surprise performance — telling me the location only an hour before [ … ]
‘Send me to the clouds’ is a scathing indictment of the stigma surrounding leftover women
BY ANNABELLE JARRETT First-time director and writer Teng Congcong’s feature debut Send Me to the Clouds is a scathing indictment of the stigma surrounding “leftover women” – and a warmly funny [ … ]